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title: wait who snuffed the candle, was it sus or nah — Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Bea… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait who snuffed the candle, was it sus or nah Test 2 · ★ of lesson 442 «Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vasilissa goes to Baba Yaga's for a light and gets through an impossible task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vas…

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wait who snuffed the candle, was it sus or nah

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, candle · **What happens:** wait, snuff, be · **To what, where:** candle

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 442 «Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vasilissa goes to Baba Yaga's for a light and gets through an impossible task» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/442-pg22373-part34/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t2:1
# text = wait who snuffed the candle, was it sus or nah
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	snuffed	snuff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **snuff** | past |  | the candle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | candle |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
her older sister, totally by mistake lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t2:o1:1
# text = her older sister, totally by mistake lol
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the stepmom, on purpose, to get rid of her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t2:o2:1
# text = the stepmom, on purpose, to get rid of her
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | the stepmom and purpose |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one stepsis, on purpose, faking an accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t2:o3:1
# text = one stepsis, on purpose, faking an accident
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	stepsis	stepsis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	appos	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | gerund |  | a accident |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accident=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the stepmom and both stepsis together, planned it all week long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t2:o4:1
# text = the stepmom and both stepsis together, planned it all week long
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	stepsis	stepsis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | past | the stepmom and both stepsis | stepsis |  |  | week | long *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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